SO Much To Be THANKFUL For!

We have so much to be Thankful for every year with all of our wonderful family and friends. This year Jake and I are not only thankful for all of you special people, each other, and Brielle, we are also so thankful for the new addition to our family come May! We have been so blessed and are so thankful :) This was yet again a busy Thanksgiving so here is our breakdown of family gatherings. We started out on Thanksgiving Day with Grandpa and Grandma Brower. We had a great meal (Grandma Brower always makes a feast) and great family time!

Brielle with her Gma & Papa Brower

playing the piano with Grandma...she had a blast!

taking a break from making beautiful music to give Daddy a kiss

Next up was Thanksgiving with Grandma & Papa Stauffer at Uncle Jeremy & Aunt Jaime's house. We had another great meal and ate too much!

Brielle & Grandma

curling Dora's hair....Gracie had a lot of really neat stuff to play with :)

we tried to get a picture of the grand kids with Gma & Papa

Last stop Papa & Mema Dunbar's. They figured we were all tired of turkey so they made a great steak dinner that was sooo good! Brielle had so much fun playing with her cousins.

Papa and his princess

Brielle loves Baby Grace...she is going to be a great BIG sister!

giving Nico kisses :)

The Girls

Thanks to all of our wonderful families for a Thanksgiving to remember!!

Night Night Daddy

Brielle loves nighttime with her Daddy. She always wants Mama to put her to bed, but she has her special routine with her Daddy.

They like to snuggle and read a book

then on our way upstairs she gives Daddy a kiss through the rails...
SMOOCH!!!!

I love you Daddy!

Brielle Has BIG News.....

You heard correct...I am pregnant! I am just starting my second trimester and feeling great. This pregnancy has been just as awesome as my first pregnancy. Brielle seems to be very excited about the baby in Mommy's tummy. She will kiss my belly and say "hi baby" and she sings to it too! We will be finding out if we are having another daughter or a son soon! Our little bundle of joy is due in May. We are very excited about adding to our family and look forward to sharing our journey with you.

Best Friends!

Our good friends Eric & Steph came down this past week with their daughter Addison. Brielle and Addi had so much fun together. They are at such a fun age and played so well with each other! I was able to catch a couple of cute pics...

Hiding...do they look ornery or what?

They absolutely DESTROYED the playroom, but had a lot of fun doing it!
Brielle watching Addi drink from her bunny cup that she was so nice to share
Both girls serious about the cartoon :)
Thanks Addi for coming to my house to play...I can't wait to see you again!

Happy Halloween Says the Kitten!

Brielle was a kitten this year for Halloween and what a cute kitten she was! We went out trick or treating for about an hour and she really liked it, but when we got home we had about an hour left to hand out candy and she LOVED that. Every time the doorbell rang she would make a mad dash to the door and candy basket! She enjoyed wearing her costume and finally took it off to go to bed :) We had a fun evening and hope you all did too!

Brielle the kitten

She got to drive her Escalade for the 1st time and did a pretty good job. She has the gas part down, but now we need to work on the steering part :)
Following Daddy

Posing with our pumpkins
Daddy and his girl getting some candy!
Cute Kitten
Brielle doesn't have much of a sweet tooth, but found a new love last night...kit kat bar!